{"id":12734,"date":"2019-10-11T15:48:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T14:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishsc.co.uk\/?p=12734"},"modified":"2019-10-04T16:01:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T15:01:37","slug":"staircases-for-scandinavia-an-interview-with-henrik-purveyor-of-niche-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishsc.co.uk\/staircases-for-scandinavia-an-interview-with-henrik-purveyor-of-niche-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Staircases for Scandinavia \u2013 An Interview with Henrik, Purveyor of Niche Products"},"content":{"rendered":"

No matter where you are in the world, you\u2019re never too far away from a British Spirals & Castings staircase or balcony. Around one in six of our spiral staircases are sent overseas for buildings in places such as the US, Canada, Japan, Germany and New Zealand. Whilst we handle many of these orders directly through our website, for the last eight years we have also been working with Henrik Hoffner a specialist distributor who sells a carefully curated selection of high quality products across Scandinavia through his company:\u00a0 Agenturhuset<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We sat down with Henrik to find out more about how his business has grown, what he looks for in brands and all about his new show room.<\/p>\n

Can you tell us a little about how you came to set-up Agenturhuset?<\/h2>\n

It all began 12 years ago. I was constructing a new building in Sweden and had a very hard time finding those special items <\/em>that make all the difference to how a building looks and feels. During this process, I discovered that many companies choose not to sell here in Scandinavia \u2013 apparently too few people divided across four currencies! As a result, the choice can be quite limited here.<\/p>\n

I decided to have a go at distributing beautifully designed, niche items for customers, architects and interior designers over here.<\/p>\n

How do you go about picking the items you stock?<\/h2>\n

I try to follow my gut feeling. Inevitably, a few of the items we have stocked haven\u2019t worked for one reason or another, but we generally find that our customers really appreciate high quality items from small producers and these items sell well. I have found there are lots of these types of highly skilled, specialist producers in Britain \u2013 companies that make things with devotion and pride. For me, it is a treasure trove.<\/p>\n

British Spirals & Castings have worked with you for some time now \u2013 why did you decide we were a good fit?<\/h2>\n

Yes, we have been collaborating for well over 8 years now and it has been like clockwork! I found that many of the staircases on sale over here were cheap imports from China. I wanted to find a better-quality product which I could be built to size and would definitely meet legislation and building standards across the region. British Spirals & Castings stood out from the competition in their ability to meet these requirements<\/p>\n\n\t\t